Sumatra coffee farmers brew natural fertilizer as inflation bites
Farmers in Indonesia’s Lampung province are making their own organic fertilizer in order to lessen reliance on volatile external supply chains.They’ve also diversified the...
An Invasive Alien Plant Control Plan is a critical land management...
“Given the sad state of many of the watercourses in the Southern Cape, landowners with tributaries clogged by invasive alien plants such as wattles,...
Air pollution health hazards have gone global
Only 0.001% of the global population were exposed to exposure lower than the recommended limit.
Air pollution is not only insidious but also ubiquitous and...
Conflict brews in Peru as Mennonite settlers clear forest
Mennonite groups began arriving in the Peruvian town of the district of Padre Márquez in Peru’s Loreto region in 2020.Settling near the town of...
Cooperative agroforestry empowers indigenous women in Honduras
The Lenca indigenous group in a dry region of Honduras has practiced agroforestry for millennia, planting timber and fruit trees over food and medicine...
Recycled asphalt shingles create a new rooftop view
Roofing giant GAF says its newly patented process has the potential to create a circular economy for asphalt in general, not just shingles.
It sounds...
Mouth of the Amazon oil exploration clashes with Lula’s climate promises
State-owned Petrobras has requested a license to investigate an oil site in a region in the north of Brazil where the Amazon River meets...
Getting the bread: What’s the environmental impact of wheat?
Wheat is the most widely planted crop on Earth by land mass, with 217 million hectares (536 million acres) — an area the size...
How canopy bridges may save Costa Rica’s howlers
New research shows that building rope bridges over roads and buildings protects howler monkeys from needless deaths in Costa Rica.Breaks in the tree canopy...
After 150 years of damage to people and planet, Rio Tinto...
The giant mining company Rio Tinto marks its 150th anniversary this year, yet activists say it has a dirty history.As the company gathers on...
Belgium plans to increase its power emissions
The “Energiewende” of Germany has been going on and doing rather badly for two decades now. They wanted to decrease emissions but started the...
